From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public From: "Robert C. Martin" Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/18 Message-ID: <6tvcf9$jqt$1@hirame.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 392639417 References: <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6rfra4$rul$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6simjo$jnh$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35eeea9b.2174586@news.erols.com> <6sjj7n$3rr$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f055a5.1431187@news.erols.com> <6sjnlu$83l$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skfs7$2s6$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35F252DD.5187538@earthlink.net> <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6t5mtp$4ho$1@news.indigo.ie> <35FFE58C.5727@ibm.net> <6tqvji$f0k$2@news.indigo.ie> <6ts4d0$2gk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6ttg0o$9kb$2@news.indigo.ie> <3602983C.62B1@ibm.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: Object Mentor Inc. Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Biju Thomas <"Biju Thomas"> > wrote in message <3602983C.62B1@ibm.net>... >Gerry Quinn wrote: >> >> I don't quite understand how a non-mathematical person would >> understand trans-Cantorian infinities. It sounds like a >> non-programming person understanding Cobol. >> > >Wasn't COBOL designed to enable no-programmer's to write programs? > Yes, that was the idea... But it failed since, clearly, some programmers *are* writing programs in COBOL. (Snicker) Actually the idea was not to allow non-programmers to *write* the programs. It was to allow non-programmers to be able to read the programs to some extent. The programs were supposed to be self-documenting. In the end, this failed too. COBOL, like every other computer language, is loaded with arcanities which are critical for the understanding of the program. Robert C. Martin | Design Consulting | Training courses offered: Object Mentor | rmartin@oma.com | Object Oriented Design 14619 N Somerset Cr | Tel: (800) 338-6716 | C++ Green Oaks IL 60048 | Fax: (847) 918-1023 | http://www.oma.com "If you've ever left double-letters out of a person's name, then you might be a craftite." -- Tim Ottinger